2/20/2025 10:56:50 AM A Trade Mark is Not Enough: When trade marks are a clue towards a bigger dispute By Ella Newell It has been in the news this week that multiple James Bond and 007 trade mark registrations in the UK and EU are subject to new...
2/19/2025 9:23:01 AM Navigating Evidence Disclosure in the UPC - Hague Local Division Limits Broad Discovery Request By Thomas Prock In a decision issued on 14 October 2024 by the Hague Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_327/2024), judge-rapporteur Brinkman partially...
2/17/2025 9:49:00 AM UPC revokes patent through a decision by default By Thomas Prock In a decision issued on 16 September 2024 by the Paris Central Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), BMW secured a decision by...
2/14/2025 2:10:32 PM G 1/24: Preliminary opinion regarding referring to the description and figures when interpreting the claims By George Christian It is a truth universally acknowledged in European patent litigation that the scope of the claims should be interpreted in light of the...
2/13/2025 9:30:38 AM UPC Court of Appeal Clarifies Scope of Opt-Out Withdrawals By Thomas Prock The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) overturned a decision by the Helsinki Local Division concerning the withdrawal of...
2/10/2025 10:31:20 AM UPC must grant unconditional limitation of damages By Thomas Prock On the 26th November 2024, the Paris Central Division issued a decision on an application by Suinno Mobile & AI Technologies Licensing Oy...
12/19/2024 4:15:38 PM An early Christmas present for combination products By Gareth Williams As always, the CJEU continue to refine the rules regarding obtaining SPCs in Europe. The latest judgment on combination products leaves...
9/30/2024 1:01:53 PM First instance of a witness being invited to testify in UPC oral proceedings By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In an order dated 27 August 2024 (UPC_CFI_358/2023), the Paris (FR) Local Division of the UPC allowed a request by the claimant for a...
9/27/2024 11:30:24 AM UPC rejects challenge on jurisdiction over internet related infringement By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In an order dated 3 September 2024 (UPC_CoA_188/2024) the UPC Court of Appeal held that the UPC has international jurisdiction in respect...
9/24/2024 2:35:30 PM UPC Confirms Determination of Closest Prior Art to be Unnecessary By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In light of the UPC’s stated aim of concluding first instance proceedings within a year of their initiation, it comes as no surprise that...
9/20/2024 10:20:39 AM The Pokémon Company to finally battle it out with Palworld developer Pocketpair By Adam Wilson Back in March, when asked whether he was concerned the newly released Palworld (dubbed by the internet as “Pokémon with guns”) was...
8/21/2024 7:58:40 AM M&C in the news: Stratasys vs. Bambu Lab: A view from Europe By M&C Newsroom Several weeks ago, Stratasys, a leading 3D printer manufacturer, initiated patent litigation in the U.S. against Bambu Lab and Tiertime,...